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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent

Misogynistic content driving UK boys to hunt vulnerable girls on suicide forums

Matt Jukes, in police uniform, addresses media outside New Scotland Yard
Matt Jukes, Britain’s head of counter-terrorism, said the taskforce would tackle online communities and hunt for those viewing material inciting sexual abuse. Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images

Young men and boys fuelled by “strongly misogynistic” online material are hunting for vulnerable women and girls to exploit on websites such as eating disorder and suicide forums, senior officers have said.

The threat from young males wanting to carry out serious harm is so serious that counter-terrorism officers are joining the National Crime Agency (NCA) in the hunt for them, fearing they could go on to attack or kill.

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